NICHOLS - A man described in a criminal complaint as "low-functioning" was forced into prostitution by his former roommate, according to charges filed Wednesday.

Investigators learned of the situation while investigating Shawna M. Baxter, 28, of Nichols, in another case in which she is accused of harboring juvenile runaways, providing them with methamphetamine and at times injecting them with the drug, according to a criminal complaint.

She was charged last week with receiving compensation for human trafficking and facilitating pandering, court records state. Baxter was ordered held on a $25,000 cash bond and a preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday.

She is charged in the case involving the juvenile runaways with two counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, three counts of child enticement by giving or selling drugs, and three counts of intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child, according to court records. A plea hearing is scheduled in that case for May 21.

One of the juveniles, a 16-year-old girl, told the investigator that Baxter made the man relieve himself outside and that she remembered "numerous" times when Baxter made him perform sexual acts for money. She said the man would get very upset and often cry when Baxter would force him to prostitute.

A now-17-year-old boy echoed the girl's statements and said the man would always give Baxter the money.

The deputy investigating the case found "numerous" Facebook messages corroborating the prostitution allegation.

The man said that she had driven him to a home to perform sex acts for money and that she would receive the cash.

The earlier criminal complaint stated that the deputy had gone to Baxter's home in November after receiving a tip that she was harboring runaway children.

"It was clear that Shawna Baxter harbored several runaway children and provided them with a significant amount of methamphetamine," the complaint states.

The 16-year-old girl said she was picked up by Baxter and her runaway friend in Waupaca and that she had stayed at Baxter's residence throughout October. The girl said Baxter supplied all the runaways with meth multiple times a day that month and that the girl was now heavily addicted, the complaint states.

She said Baxter would get them high on meth then drive them to stores, where they would steal phones that would be traded for more meth, the complaint states.

A then-16-year-old boy was interviewed at a hospital, where he was staying because he was withdrawing from meth. He said he was picked up in New London by Baxter and the 16-year-old girl, his girlfriend.

The boy said that Baxter kept giving him meth throughout October and even though he was afraid of needles, she pressured him into injecting the drug by saying it was safer, the complaint states. The investigator on the case reported that injecting meth is "extraordinarily dangerous" and can cause serious harm or death.

He also said she had once injected methamphetamine into his arm, the complaint states.

Another then-15-year-old boy reported that she gave him meth when he got into her vehicle on Oct. 28. He said she kept him and the other juveniles high on meth throughout the weekend and that the group went to a Green Bay store, where they stole merchandise, according to the complaint.

Two days after he was picked up, he went into a gas station bathroom when she stopped there and refused to leave, prompting a welfare call that got New London police involved, the complaint states.

Baxter told the deputy that she had picked up the three juveniles and let them stay at her apartment. She said that she had provided them with meth, according to the complaint.

"Baxter stated that the runaways snorted, smoked, and injected methamphetamine with her," the complaint states. "Baxter admitted that the juveniles would steal phones for her so she could sell the phones to get more methamphetamine."